Turpentine-still.



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WITNESSES:

FRANCIS-"M. eI'DEoN, or BALLSTON, VIRGINIA.

TURPENTINEe-STILLI- igpecification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed Jmio, 1904. Serial No. 212,009.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANcIs M..G1DEoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ballston, in the county of Alexandria and State of 5 Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turpentine-Stills and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains-to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to turpentine stills or digesters. Its object is to rovide a still especially applicable to the distillation of turpentine and production of rosin and other products by I prepared wood and to facilitate the ra id application of the feed of chi s.to the igester and the removal of the resi ue after the oper,

ation of distillation is completed.

as to thoroughly disseminate the steam throughout the chips, means for collecting the products, and means for placing the chips in a body within the digester and removing them in a body.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section with part in perspective; and Fig. 2 is a detail elevation of the basket, showing adaptability for removal and replacement. Figs. 3,4, 5, and 6 are details. In the drawings, 1 represents the body of the still or digester, 2 the neck, and 3 governing or escape valves located in the movable flanged at 5 and rests upon a flange 6 on the top of the digester, b ein securedin place primarily by a series of s ip-bolts 7, provided with nuts 8. These bolts 7 are set into slots provided in the flanges 5 and 6, Figs. 1 and 3, thus rendering it easy-to'remove said bolts when it is wished to separatethe cover 4 from the digester 1. I 9 is the bottom of the digester, and 10 is a valved escape-pipe which carries off theresiduum, reslnous, and other heavy matters not va orized, which are gathered in the lower part 0 the digester. 11 is a steam-pipe leading into the digester andterminating in a coil 12. 13 is a ring supported. by braces 14 from the bottom of the digester and having a flange the action of steam on chips or' To this end it comprises, essentially, a still or digester, means'for introducing steam so head or dome 4. This dome or head is 15 extending out to the side of the digester.

-, '16 isa basket as'iillustrated a wire basket,-

disposed in t hung at the top from a ring 17 upo a rin 18, secured to the wall of the digester. The 0ttom 161 of-the basket when in place rests upon the flange 15 of the ring 13 at the bot- I tom of the digester and is perforated to per- .the passage of the steam, as indicated at 25 in Fig. 6. This arrangement provides a steam-space at the bottom of the digester, the outlet for the steam being through the perforations 25 in the bottom of the basket. The

ring at the head of. the basket bears on its side a series of lugs 19 which are adapted to be engaged by a series of hook devices 20 and lifted by a crane or other device and carried over to a trolley, upon which it travels, as shown in detail in Fig. 4. The ring 15 is provided Witlra perforation 23 for the purpose of receiving the catchy 22 when the basket is. pplsitioned. The bottom of the basket is ged at 21 and has a spring-catch 22 so arran ed that as the basket travels down the trolIey or other carrier of my system when the catch 22 strikes a projection it will be pushed back, permitting the contents of the asket to be at once discharged, whereupon .the basket may be again filled and returned to the digester. It is obvious that the fillin of this basket may be by any of the plans have adopted in my system, such as suction or a chain-carrying device, so that it obviously may be rapidly filled and rapidly returned to. the digester and put in place at once. Having thus fully described my invention,

- what I claim as new is 1. The combination in a turpentine-still, of a wire or similar basket suspended within the still from the top, a support near the bottom of the-still, a perforated bottom for the basketxenga in said su ort, a steami e Iie till at a iiiint below the 12321 of the bottom of the basket and a movable head for the still. 1 v

2. The combination in a turpentine-still, of a wire or similar basket suspended within the still from the top, a support near the bottom of the still, a perforated bottom-for the basket engaging said support, a steamipe disposed in the still below the level of the ottom of the basket, a movable head for the still and means on the basket for engaging suitable lifting or removing means.

3. The combination in a turpentine-still, of a wire or similar basket, means for suspending the basket within the still, a sup ort near In testimony whereof I affix my signature 136 bgttgomof the silzilLba Klerforatfi or wirg in presence 'of-twowitnesses.

'n e, dttom on t e as et en a in sai v supiort, a catch for'hqlding the l ttgm in FRANCIS GIDEON' 5 lace on the basket and means on the bas- Witnesses: l et for engaging suitable lifting or removing RUFUS H. THAYER, means. G. A. BRERETQN. 

